Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Possability #1 - Fabric for Nursery

This fabric already happens to be a part of my stash, thanks to QuiltHome.com for bequeathing me with their "blog of the week" prize a few weeks back! $20 shopping spree - yes please! So I randomly chose these fabrics, which I loved on their own... and I recently realized HEY! those might make for one Modern, Gender Neutral nursery!

I love the birdie fabric which pulls the cherry red/orange and lime green out of the other fabrics... and adds a fun print for baby. I do obviously love polka dots... although I'm not sure about the green Full Moon Polka Dots - should those be taken out of the stack? Opinions please... if you have one.

The wood grain might make nice curtains... possibly pieced with a strip of birdies in there? I'll probably be winging it (no pun intended!) when its actually time to sew. A baby quilt is DEFINITELY in order... and a crib skirt and curtains. I may stick to plain white fitted sheets a la Target to keep it simple. Unless - someone has an ultra easy way of making fitted crib sheets. The elastic makes me nervous. So, any thoughts, opinions, suggestions on this fabric for a fun Modern nursery? OTHER fabrics you think I may like? I am kinda holding out to see Amy Butler's new line, Love, which comes out soon. Too girly, possibly, but there are some dots in there I want to consider first!

Funny, looks like no one likes the green polka dots... well, except me. I think it adds a nice contrast with the dark background. I love the woodgrain and the birds too! Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Lime green sheets would be really cool!

Congrats on the baby news! It will be nice to not to be full term during the hottest part of the year. You little one will be a perfect age to enjoy next summer. I look forward to lots of baby-in-progress photos! :)

or this: http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Comfort-Ultimate-Crib-Sheet/dp/B00003XAKP

I bought one of these after having my 3rd. baby and never regretted it. I had a really hard time changing sheets because 1. I'm not very tall, and 2. I was always pregnant. It made it really hard for met to lean over and get the tightly fitted mattress out of the crib and get the new sheet on (especially with the bumper pad on).

I found this fancy sheet to be much easier. I didn't have to remove the mattress to change the sheet. The mattress pad is built into the sheet.

great GREAT crib sheet -- 2 yards 44-45 width fabric. That is 72 inches -- square it up nicely to 68 inches by width of fabric. Cut out 8 inch squares from all 4 corners.French seam or sew and serge the corners -- an 8 " to the adjacent 8" seam.make a casing to hold 1/4 inch elastic around the short ends of the sheet -- starting on the selvedge side about 8 inches from the sewn corner, continue across the short end of the sheet, continue about 8 inches down the long side.Then take 2 pieces of 1/4 inch elastic, each 28 inches long and run them thru the casings. Stitch in place on the ends to secure.

I love this crib sheet. Hope this make sense! When you use quilt cotton fabric, the sheets get softer, each time you wash!

Congrats!My two cents. I would go with the plain crib sheet, it will make the other fabrics pop. Plus, you don't actually see the sheet that often. Save the expensive fabrics for very visible things.And, I think the pull you've done is great, but it is missing two things, IMHO. A large print for balance, and another dark/medium. The birds and green dots are dark, but that's it. Maybe something else with a bit of grey in it to pull that green dot back into the fold.